The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Chavez silences protest
As if there was any doubt regarding this "democraticaly" elected President of Venezuala (if dead people count as "Democrats"), Chavez is now using his power to squelch free speech:
The opposition held a march to go from the East of Caracas to the Electoral Board to present a document demanding more transparency in the voting process. The National Guard and the police surrounded the Electoral Board where they built a barricade, threw tear gas and clashed with the protestors. The march was not able to deliver the document to the CNE authorities. The police would not even allow a delegation to reach the CNE. The General that heads the metropolitan police offered to receive the documents, but the leaders of the march refused to give it to him, demanding that they be allowed to hand it in directly to the CNE. At the end of the demonstration, one of the CNE Directors went over to get the document, complaining about the show of force, but by the time she got there the march had dissolved.Once again, the basic rights of Venezuelans are denied and excessive repression is used agaisnt peaceful civilians. The "pretty" revolution strikes again, but it strikes its citizens and their rights.
The opposition held a march to go from the East of Caracas to the Electoral Board to present a document demanding more transparency in the voting process. The National Guard and the police surrounded the Electoral Board where they built a barricade, threw tear gas and clashed with the protestors. The march was not able to deliver the document to the CNE authorities. The police would not even allow a delegation to reach the CNE. The General that heads the metropolitan police offered to receive the documents, but the leaders of the march refused to give it to him, demanding that they be allowed to hand it in directly to the CNE. At the end of the demonstration, one of the CNE Directors went over to get the document, complaining about the show of force, but by the time she got there the march had dissolved.Once again, the basic rights of Venezuelans are denied and excessive repression is used agaisnt peaceful civilians. The "pretty" revolution strikes again, but it strikes its citizens and their rights.
